Cristofano Allori was an Italian painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school, painting mostly portraits and religious subjects.
Self-portrait
Detail of Holofernes' head from Judith with the Head of Holofernes, thought by some critics to be a self-portrait.
Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Royal Collection version, 1613)
Saint Catherine of Siena. Musée départemental de l'Oise.
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Cristofano Allori
…prime version painted in 1613 in the British Royal Collection. According to the near-contemporary biography by Filippo Baldinucci, the model for the Judith was his former mistress, the beautiful "La Mazzafirra" (who is also represented in his Magdalene), the head of Holofernes is a self-portrait, and the…
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Simon Vouet, (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes
Judith and Holophernes, by Michelangelo, (Sistine Chapel, Vatican City)